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Bernie Sanders Calls for a Ban on Police Use of Facial Recognition

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 20 2019, @12:47AM   
from the and-then? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

The proposal is part of Sanders' broader plan for police reform.

Wait, they used WOODY HARRELSON as a template? And I'm not sure why facial recognition is the focus here, when I feel that the end of providing military equipment to police forces is much more impactful a change.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/19/20812032/bernie-sanders-facial-recognition-police-ban-surveillance-reform

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• Crowdsourced Crowdsourced (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @12:55AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @12:55AM (#882404)

  The police will just subpoena the data off all IOT devices in a 5 mile radius.
  What the state cannot do legally, they simply outsources.

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• Re:Crowdsourced Re:Crowdsourced (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:01AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:01AM (#882407)

  Private security cameras are numerous, but since when did facial recognition become a standard feature?

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  • Re:Crowdsourced (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:05AM (#882410)

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/18/facial-recognition-is-now-rampant-implications-for-our-freedom-are-chilling [theguardian.com]

    It's becoming more common.

    _{That wasn't the article I remembered seeing a couple days ago, so if someone can find a better one, thanks.}

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